Interrogating MotherhoodIt has been four decades since the publication of Adrienne Richs Of Woman Born but her analysis of maternity and the archetypal Mother remains a powerful critique. It was Rich who first defined the term motherhood as referent to a patriarchal institution that was oppressive to women. Rich proposed the use of the word mothering: a word intended to be female defined. It is between these two ideas, that of a patriarchal history and a feminist future,